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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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